Apache Tika’s XXE Vulnerability: A Ticking Time Bomb with a CVSS Score of 10!
Apache Tika users, brace yourselves! A maximum-severity XXE vulnerability, CVE-2025-66516, has been found lurking in Tika’s core, PDF, and parser modules. With a perfect CVSS score of 10.0, this flaw lets attackers sneak in XML External Entity attacks. So, unless you fancy unwanted visitors, updating to the latest versions is highly recommended!
Hot Take:
Apache Tika just got caught with its pants down in the XML aisle! Who knew reading PDFs could be as dangerous as playing hopscotch on a minefield? Time to patch that open-source toolkit before it turns into an open-source nightmare!
Key Points:
- Apache Tika vulnerability CVE-2025-66516 scores a perfect 10 on the CVSS severity scale.
- The flaw allows XML External Entity (XXE) attacks, potentially exposing sensitive internal resources.
- Affected modules include tika-core, tika-pdf-module, and tika-parsers.
- This vulnerability is an expansion of the previously reported CVE-2025-54988.
- Users are urged to update to Apache Tika core version 3.2.2 or later to resolve the issue.
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